Employee Engagement and Eaps: Creating a Meaningful Workplace

"Managers must be trained to alter their style from one centered on policing employees, to a more positive coaching approach." What actually motivates an employee to operate at peak levels of performance? Traditionally, this question has focused on salary and benefits. However, an employee's intrinsic interest in his/her work and the personal meaning that he or she derives from the job are also motivating factors that lead an individual to perform at a high level. Researchers call this enhanced motivation, "engagement."